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Mr. Gerhard Oswald has been Member of Executive Board at SAP AG since 1996. Mr. Oswald has been a Member of Global Managing Board at SAP AG since April 20, 2012. Mr. Oswald served as the Chief Operating Officer at SAP AG since February 12, 2010, has been its Member of Executive Board since 1996. Mr. Oswald joined Sap AG Systems Applications Products In Data in 1981. Mr. Oswald is responsible for global support and the information-technology infrastructure. Mr. Oswald ... serves as a Director of SAP America, Inc. Mr. Oswald joined SAP in 1981 where he was instrumental in the development of the sales support network for SAP R/2, responsible for quality control. He then assumed responsibility for quality control in the critical SAP R/3 enterprise software development project. From 1987 to 1993, Mr. Oswald was a member of the project management team responsible for the conception, development, and delivery of SAP's flagship enterprise resource planning software SAP R/3. Following the completion of this project in 1993, Mr. Oswald was appointed to the SAP Extended Management Board. In 1994, he assumed responsibility for the SAP R/3 Services division. Mr. Oswald began his career at Siemens AG, as an applications consultant for SAP R/2 business processes from 1977 to 1980. He studied business administration at the University of Mainz, Germany and is an economics graduate.

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